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KAREN J P HOWES |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Robert A Freedman Dramatic Agency (contact: Marta Praeger) |
Karen has worked in theater for over 30 years. Her first professional experience was at the age of 12 at the NJ Shakespeare Festival. Aside from her many stage appearances, she has been in television shows and in national commercials and documentaries. Her credits as a director for youth are extensive, as is her resume as a writer. Karen authored several plays performed by the Academy Theater in Atlanta, Georgia and was a finalist in the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. She has had her work read by NJ Playwrights, produced at Stage Door Players in Dunwoody, Georgia and presented at Theater in the Square's Alley Theater. She was featured twice in the Academy's Three Plays in May series and a winner of Jersey Voices. She has written two musicals, several one acts, five children's shows and 4 full length plays. She also wrote numerous TV programs and documentaries for educational television, and she has had articles published throughout the world. Karen received a degree in Philosophy from the College of William and Mary and is currently working towards an MFA at UC Riverside.
Plays by Karen J P Howes
Day is A Dancer, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stage Door Players | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Atlanta New Play Workshop | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125936 | |||
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Genre: | Southern drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | Single set | |||||
Synopsis: | A politically savvy southern household falls apart when a drifter moves to town to teach music at the local high school. Two beautiful sisters, a corrupt politician, a sleepy southern town, and a lone drifter blame each other for the murder of a black man from New Orleans. | |||||
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Last Flight of the Mercenary | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125937 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Single unit set. | |||||
Synopsis: | A cheerful and lighthearted woman and her great dane turn the tables when a wedding at her bed and breakfast is destined to turn into a funeral. While appearing light and romantic, the play is designed to impart a bit of Philosophy, String Theory and Shakespeare. | |||||
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Pop - here we grow again | ||
| 1st Produced: | Atlanta, GA and Southeast Tour | - - - | ||||
Company: | Academy Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125938 | |||
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Genre: | Children's | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Road Kill | ||
| 1st Produced: | Allleyway Theater, Buffalo, NY | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125939 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | One act - comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Finalist in the Maxum Mazumdar New Play Competition | |||||
Synopsis: | A waiter at a diner has the ability to stop a woman from committing suicide - or not. | |||||
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